this moment a court fight is underway in santa monica, california after the city decides to cancel one of the country's biggest nativity displays. it's a 60-year tradition, and church members are suing to bring it back. trace gallagher live in l.a. with a fight we first reported on right around this time last year trace, right. >> reporter: exactly, megyn. not only have the atheists successfully shut down in famous santa monica nativity scene which was their ultimate goal the court fight doesn't involve the atheists. this is between the local churches and the city of santa monica. for 60 years the oceanfront park gave churches 21 spaces to put up the scenes telling the story of jesus' birth. the atheists would sue and lose. a few years ago they figured if you can't beat them join them and they applied for their own space in the park and they got it and they put up things like quotes from thomas jefferson saying religion was nothing but mythology. last year the atheists flooded the city with applications. when the space permits were handed out christmas had two, hanukkah had one, th